..Each confirmation of patency of the vessels after clipping must be compared to those from before the clipping. Intra-operative digital subtraction angiography (DSA) is needed for large or giant aneurysms. ..

Surgical procedure and results of cisternal washing therapy for the prevention of cerebral vasospasm following SAH

..5%, and 2.8%, respectively. In the patients with CWT, the incidence of cerebral infarction on CT due to vasospasm and M&M due to vasospasm were significantly (p < 0.05) decreased. CWT was effective in preventing cerebral vasospasm...

Kazuhiro OhwakiDepartment of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanBr J Neurosurg 24:410-4. 2010

..Little is known about the effects of low BP on early neurological deterioration (END). We conducted a retrospective study to determine whether low BP after admission was associated with END in patients with acute ICH...

Association between symptom duration and cerebrospinal fluid pressure, protein concentration, and number of cells in patients with intracranial hypotension

Kazuhiro OhwakiDepartment of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi, Tokyo, JapanInt J Neurosci 119:307-14. 2009

..Symptom duration was not associated with those CSF parameters in patients with post-traumatic CSF leaks...

..Histological examination, including an electron microscopy study, confirmed the diagnosis of a simple cyst. This appears to be the first reported case of a pituitary simple cyst associated with hyponatremia and an elevated BNP level...

Meteorological factors and the onset of hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage

..042 [corrected] and 0.012 [corrected] respectively). There were no significant differences among subgroups of patients categorized according to their location and activity at the time of onset for any of the meteorological parameters...

..Our case showed that prompt surgical treatment is required in case of ISH and the whole hematoma and abscess should be removed as soon as possible with an image diagnosis and an additional surgical operation...

Symptom predictors of cerebrospinal fluid leaks

Kazuhiro OhwakiDepartment of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanCan J Neurol Sci 35:452-7. 2008

..The aim of this study was to determine what symptoms are predictors of CSF leaks in patients suspected of intracranial hypotension...

In vivo influence of ceramide accumulation induced by treatment with a glucosylceramide synthase inhibitor on ischemic neuronal cell death

..These results suggest that the ceramide accumulation induced by blocking the de novo synthesis of glucosylceramide with D-PDMP may be independent of the metabolic pathway underlying ischemic DND...

Factors associated with attitude and hypothetical behaviour regarding brain death and organ transplantation: comparison between medical and other university students

Kazuhiro OhwakiDepartment of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikuo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanClin Transplant 20:416-22. 2006

..An increase in knowledge may cause positive attitudes towards brain death and organ transplant. Meanwhile, reducing uncertainty about the brain-death diagnostic process might have a beneficial effect on the willingness to donate organs...

Pituitary apoplexy as a consequence of lymphocytic adenohypophysitis in a pregnant woman: a case report